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You have the Linux kernel sources and all needed packages installed? That would all be in package build-essential ... you can't compile stuff without it. Other than that I am out of ideas at the moment. Was there a 'README' file or something? Can you post the URL where you got the driver from? Maybe there is more clues back there ...

scorp123 wrote:You have the Linux kernel sources and all needed packages installed? That would all be in package build-essential ... you can't compile stuff without it. Other than that I am out of ideas at the moment. Was there a 'README' file or something? Can you post the URL where you got the driver from? Maybe there is more clues back there ...

I believe this may be your problem.
The installation script has been designed for the following distributions
release versions

Mandrake-release
SuSE-release
Redhat-release
Fedora Core 2 -release
Unknown distributions install modules and utilities but
will not install boot scripts!.
Make sure to get Modem Chipset Driver (Uncompiled) - [INTEL-537EP-2.60.80.0.TGZ]
The installation script has been designed for the following distributions
release versions